What they do:
Financial technology solutions for Indonesian creative businesses
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Top Music Startups
This list has 22 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 1 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (9), New York (2), and Los Angeles (2). Largest teams: Genius, Earbits, and Finnix.
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What they do:
The integration layer for live events infrastructure
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Treblo
Hiring
What they do:
Create hit songs with AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Make mashups without knowing how to DJ
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What they do:
The crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated music and music production
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Genius
Acquired
What they do:
Music Intelligence
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Earbits
Acquired
What they do:
Google AdWords for music. Allowing bands and labels to bid for…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Trendpop
Acquired
What they do:
Discover trends as they happen
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Echodio
Acquired
What they do:
Sync and stream your music across any device. Acquired in 2009.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bop.fm
Acquired
What they do:
Canonical permalinks for songs.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Soundry AI
Acquired
What they do:
Remix any song into any style
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Wavy
Acquired
What they do:
Experience music and art in augmented reality
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W17Early stage
Supertone
Shut down
What they do:
Share sounds with other musicians online
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Popcuts
Shut down
What they do:
Popcuts is an online music store where fans participate in the…
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HQ: Lucerne Valley, CA, United States
Mixwit
Shut down
What they do:
Online mixtape service (create and share mixtapes). Launched as part…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Reble
Shut down
What they do:
P2P Music Sharing
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Jamglue
Shut down
What they do:
Jamglue is an online community allowing users to listen or mix music from a library of user-contributed music.
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
BeatDeck
Shut down
What they do:
Music, Metrics... Meritocracy. (Upload Music, Connect your Social…
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Magic Instruments
Shut down
What they do:
Magic Instruments makes a high-tech guitar that is easier and more…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Goosebump
Shut down
What they do:
Find the best electronic music events in a single message.
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Jamiphy
Shut down
What they do:
TikTok for Musicians
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hipset
Shut down
What they do:
The best way for artists to release new music and videos.
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YC S12Early stage
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 22 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
1 of them are hiring right now, including Treblo.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Genius (101 employees), Earbits (15 employees), and Finnix (13 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (9), New York (2), and Los Angeles (2).